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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction lays groundwork for getting Narcan into Arizona schools on National Fentanyl Awareness Day.

It's both National Teacher Appreciation Week and National Nurse Appreciation Week, May 6-10, and here are some specials being offered to both teachers and nurses by local businesses.

Debuting on Cox YurView in Arizona, Arizona State University student-produced newscast airing weekdays with new hourly news and weather breaks on Channel 4 in Phoenix and Channel 7 in southern Arizona. Cronkite News, one of several capstone immersion experiences at the Cronkite School, is a multi-platform newsroom. Students work under the guidance of expert faculty to produce 30-minute award-winning newscast four days each week.

Students whose 2020 high school graduations were canceled will get their moment in 2024.

More than 540 students will participate in the college’s 2023-2024 graduation ceremony. Interim President Dr. Kimberly Britt will celebrate the accomplishments of more than 2,500 students who successfully met academic requirements to earn Certificates of Completion and Associate Degrees during the 2023-2024 academic year.

A student council must meet a variety of criteria to earn the National Gold Council of Excellence Award and this is the third year in a row that the Combs High School student council has received it for its exemplary record of leadership, service and activities that improve the school and community.

U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Ranked High Schools reviewed 25,000 public high schools in all 50 states and 360 public high schools in Arizona. The list includes a mix of charter, magnet and traditional schools.

Before the summer heat catches up with you, the Queen Creek Unified School District (QCUSD) invites parents to its kindergarten round up hosted at each of the district's nine elementary school locations on Thursday, May 2 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Blue Watermelon Project’s Feeding the Future event is a culinary contest that challenges students to create healthy, great-tasting meals to bring awareness to the school nutrition industry. Students work with local chefs and school mentors to craft a school lunch tray that meets the financial and nutritional standards of the National School Lunch Program.

Preschool prepares children with the necessary skills needed to be successful in their next steps. Queen Creek Unified School District offers full- and half-day options for preschool. For the upcoming school year, five district elementary schools will be offering preschool.